Carriage-curtain attachment



(No Model.) 7

D. ARGERBRIGHT;

CARRIAGE CURTAIN ATTAGHMENT.

No. 416,540. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

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UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFF ICE.

DANIEL ARGERBRIGHT, OFTROY, OHIO.

CARRIAG E-CU RTAlN ATTACH MENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 416,540, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 27, 1889. Serial No, 318,867. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL ARGERBR'IGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Troy, in the county of Miami and'State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage Curtains and Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of refer ence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view of the curtain from the inside. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of detached parts of the hook and attachments. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section showing the attachment of the hook. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 00- a; of Fig. 3.

This invention relates to carriage-curtains; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. 7 In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a curtain-hook attached to the free end or flap o of an elastic web B and to the curtain O.

. The hook is usually stamped'from sheet metal, and consists of the beak portion a and rectangular base or bearing portions I), having lateral notches c and transverse rectangular slots or perforations d at opposite ends.

F indicates a rectangular plate of sheet metal disposed superficially in alongitudinal manner on the bearing 1) and secured to the latter by end lugs e, which engage the slots d of said bearing, these lugs being bent over the edges of the slot in opposite directions to form clamps underneath the bearing. sides and inner end of the plate F are bent over to form holding-flanges g to receive a cushion h and the free ends or flaps a of an elastic Webbing E, the latter being folded over said cushion and the whole secured to the plate by pressing down the flange-guides on the outer edges of the said flaps. The flanges g press only upon the outer longitudinal edges of the web and cushion, the central portion of the latter between the impinging The flanges being convex from side to side, thus causing the cushion to assume the desired form, projecting toward thehook-beak. This .ment to the bow or window-post to prevent injury to the paint or Varnish of the latter.

D indicates arectangularsheet-metal plate conforming somewhat in shape and size to the bearing-base of the hook. This plate is disposed underneath the hook-base b, and is provided on its lateral edges with angular pointed lugs i, which are bent up at right angles to its plane and engage, respectively, in the notches c of the hook-base b when the hook is attached to the curtain. The hook is applied to the curtain by perforating the lat ter with the lugs i of the plate D, after which said plate is laid against the under side of the hook-base and the curtain material is clamped between the two and secured permanently by bending the lugs t' over the lateral edges of the hook-base b, as shown.

In applying the elastic web to the curtain a suitable length is selected and distended between the flaps or ends a to equal the width of the curtain. The web is retained in this condition until the curtain has been stitched to it between the flaps or ends a, when the web is allowed to resume its normal length, and its retractile action causes the curtain to gather in short folds along the line, having the ends a free for attachment to the flap of the hook.

Hooks and eyes 1" and s are disposed to engage alternately at intervals on the upper and lower webbing inside the curtain to contract or gather the latter in folds, whereby the width of the curtain maybe shortened or narrowed to adapt it to the varying space between the window-posts-as, for instance, in buggy-tops, where the sides increase in width from below upward. In such cases I design to contract the lower partof the curtain by the engagement of the hooks and eyes, so that the webbing is caused to yield and gather the curtain into folds.

I-Iaving described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s=

1. The combination, with the curtain and its transverse strip of elastic webbing, of the base-plate having a hook and slots and the socket-plate F, having under clamping-lugs passed through said slots, which socket-plate receives the end of said strip and a cushion in terposed between said strip and socket-plate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the curtain and its transverse strip of elastic webbing, of the base-plate having a hook, edge notches, and

slots, the socket-plate F, having undercla1np-- ing-lugs passed through said slots, and which socket-plate receives the end of said strip and a cushion interposed between said strip and socket-plate, and the plate D, having at its side edges lugs passing through the curtain and engaging the notches of the socket plate, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the curtain and its transverse strip of elastic webbing having free ends, of the hook, its beak-cushion, the

vals on said strips of elastic webbing to engage each other, whereby the curtain may be adapted to fit between the window-posts, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL ARGERBRIGII'I. Vitnesses:

J. A. DAVY, M. E. SMITH. 

